Software Engineering Senior Advisor- Hybrid

Cigna Healthcare • Plano, TX

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

Cigna-Evernorth Services, Inc. seeks a Software Engineering Senior Advisor to build out Evernorth’s Automated Big Data Regulatory and Legal Analytics Solution. This role involves working with business and technical experts to implement software engineering best practices, participating in collaborative concept definition, architectural refinement, software design, and realization of products. The position is responsible for delivering working software with an exceptional user experience and functioning as a hands-on member of the development team, guiding them in designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining processes using Agile methodologies. The role also includes designing and conducting proof of concepts for innovative software tools, technologies, and application frameworks, maintaining deep involvement in the implementation process, identifying design problems, and making strategic design and user-experience decisions. Based on performance, there may be an opportunity to supervise junior employees. This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or closely related field and 3 years of software development experience.
• Will also accept a Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience.
• Analyzing project documentation to derive and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Gathering project requirements.
• Analyzing and estimating development timelines.
• Implementing code following Test-Drive Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI) practices.
• Agile methodologies; Scrum framework.
• Designing and developing scalable applications using Python.
• Building data processing pipelines using Databricks and Apache Spark (PySpark).
• Handling large-scale datasets including performance optimization.
• Leveraging AWS for architecting, deploying, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and services.
• Utilizing Git, GitHub, and GitLab for source control, collaborative development, and peer code reviews.
• Setting up and managing GitLab CI pipelines for automated building, testing, and deployment of applications across environments using Docker and Openshift.
• Collaborating with cross functional teams.
• Python 3.x; Scala; Spark; Airflow; Shell Script; and, Boto3.
• Internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload if working from home occasionally or permanently.

Responsibilities

• Work with business and technical experts to implement software engineering best practices that minimize risk and promote high re-usability across US states.
• Participate in collaborative concept definition, architectural refinement, software design, and realization of products that support the strategic technology needs of the organization.
• Responsible for delivering working software that provides an exceptional user experience to the customer.
• Function as a hands on member of his development team, and guide the team in designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining processes using Agile methodologies.
• Design and conduct proof of concepts for innovative software tools, technologies, and application frameworks.
• Maintain deep levels of involvement in the implementation process.
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions and make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to both core and new functions and features.
• Based on performance, may be asked to supervise the work of junior employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior